PICTURE: Arsenal star Cazorla as a kid - Does he look any different?

Arsene Wenger has now announced his belief that his Arsenal side are out of the title race - as a 2-2 draw with Swansea City yesterday left them trailing in the wake of the swashbuckling Liverpool, dynamic Manchester City and powerful Chelsea.

In fact - they need to start looking over their shoulders. North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur are on the prowl while Everton are on the warpath in the hunt for a Champions League place.

It would certainly be somewhat embarrassing if, after being in the title run-in for most of the season, the Gunners slipped to fifth or even potentially sixth in the league table - but with their injury problems and current downbeat mood around the club it is genuine possibility.

So Santi Cazorla is already having something of a bad day - which makes you wonder why he would have retweeted this pic.

That is little Santi when he was a kid, and about the same size as he is today by the looks of things.

The pic was uploaded by his former Real Oviedo youth team-mate Robi Toral who currently plays for Tercera Division outfit CD Lealtad - a small club playing at the fourth tier of the Spanish football system.

Cheers mate - but at least it was a nice message from an old friend.

Congratulations @RealOviedo always proud to have defended that shirt with great friends! @#19Scazorla RealOviedo pic.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.